Lifeisms...What are yours?
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June 4th, 2013
I’m embarking on a new phase in my life in the coming months. I’ve had an interesting few years where I’ve learned many lessons, the hard way. For instance,I’ve noticed that I’ve a habit of befriending needy people who demand a lot of time and attention, among other things.
Some wise owl’s gave me some sound advice about avoiding such people, reaching my full potential, enjoying life, etc, and it made me wonder about what your lifeisms might be?
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Mine is you can’t change the world but you can try to make your own little corner of it better.
From Mark Rippetoe the god of strength training:
You can’t make people smarter. You can expose them to information, but your responsibility stops there.
I am not someone’s entire life nor should I be. My kids do not come before me. I want to surround myself by my intellectual equals and that is fine.
“You can’t please everyone, so you’ve got to please yourself.” ~Ricky Nelson
That sometime you just have to get up and do it. Whether it is cutting the grass or moving country. It seems daunting in your mind, but in reality it really is so much easier!
You have one life, and no one will live it but you.
Also, on similar lines: It’s better to regret something you did, than something you didn’t do.
And: We accept the love we think we deserve. Woof. Took me too long to truly realize that one!
Don’t waste now. It’s the only instant of time you have.
It is easier to stand atop a mole hill than it is to move a mountain. Me.
Give to each person only what they deserve. Me again
To the pure, all things are pure. Bible.
Don’t worry, be happy. Bobby McFerren.
My only goals in life are to have a roof over my head and food to eat. Everything else is a plus.
“Everything has a purpose from which it must be freed.”
—Dean Young
“He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.”
—Raymond Hull
The road to wisdom? — Well, it’s plain
and simple to express:
Err
and err
and err again
but less
and less
and less.
—Piet Hein
It is ok to laugh at yourself.
Be kind.
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.”
You can’t change anybody else, but you can set an example and live as you wish other people would. This is tempered with the realization that other people have qualities I don’t and I’m glad they are NOT like me, but are like they are.
If I’m going to err it will be on the side of love.
Hatred stirs up strifes: but love covers all sins. Priverbs 10:12
Slow down and enjoy the moment. Everyone is in such a rush to get from one place to another. It’s sad.
Spend time with the people you love and let them know how much they mean to you. You might not get another tomorrow with them.
@jonsblond , you remind me of the time hubby and I were in a restaurant in Italy. The waiter said to us, “you’re in Italy now. SLOW DOWN.”
I took a dep breath and said, “You’re right. Thank you.”
One can choose to be happy or sad. It is a choice that we make every day, every minute.
It is your choice in all matters.
More often than not, we don’t see the world, as it is, but as we are.
People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
I don’t know who said this first, but I like it.
2davidc8, it was Zig Zigglar.
Life is like a speed wank for a teenage boy when he hears his mum coming up the stairs, you only get one shot at it, so you better make the most of it.
@jonsblond / @Judi sounds like Belize for me. First couple days there I heard a lot of “take your time” relax slow down enjoy life, no reason to rush from one place to another.
The way to happiness is quite clear. Practically invisible.
Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.
Will Smith
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.
Harvey Fierstein
My fave:
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Henry David Thoreau
I don’t got fuck all, I just do the best I can.
Never combine laxatives and sleeping pills.
Unless you want some really shitty dreams.
@Inspired_2write Isn’t that the truth! No more excuses from me
Love the Lifeisms everyone!
1. If you have a chance to change the choice, then change it.
2. If you have changed(unwillingly), then wait for a chance to re-select your choice(willingly.)
3. If you don’t get any chance, then change will be your choice.
4. If you have lost the chance, then change is the remaining chance you have.
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